A few questions

stiv121 · 17 May 2010 at 23:13

I will soon be buliding my first full computer and i will be jumping right into watercooling and case modding. The case i will be using for my bulid is the silverstone TJ07 and i know its been used a lot but i dont care because its for ME only

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1. I will be buying the case in silver and spraying the whole thing black or the
inside black and the outside maby chrome?

2. For cooling 2 470's and an i7 what size of rads will i need?, 1x 480 and 1x 240 or 2x 360? and which makes to buy?

3. Whats the point in watercooling the MOSFET ,SB NB (Is that the correct names?

) and is it worth it?

4. What is the best pump to make this all a single loop ?

5. Whats the best make of cable Sleeve an heatsink to buy (blue heatshrink and black Sleeving)

Wont be buliding till late july so im trying to get as much info as i can get

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Thanks

Akempster · 17 May 2010 at 23:33

1. make sure you sand, prime, paint then finish - lots of light coats is best

3. THese are the correct names, usually they have no further need to be cooled unless overclocking the sytem all out, id suggest you wait as you can always add these water blocks into the loop later

4. will send via trust (competitor and all that)

good luck

stiv121 · 17 May 2010 at 23:51

Thanks i though there were only 3 steps to painting sand prime, paint, what is the finish?

EsaT · 18 May 2010 at 10:12

stiv121 said:
3. Whats the point in watercooling the MOSFET ,SB NB (Is that the correct names?) and is it worth it?

Normally these are cooled by case airflow (and also airflow from CPU fan) but as use of radiator often diverts airflow to elsewhere they could start running hot.
Just keeping airflow in that area would cool them.

Akempster · 18 May 2010 at 16:28

stiv121 said:
Thanks i though there were only 3 steps to painting sand prime, paint, what is the finish?

the finish is a protective layer that makes it last longer it also gives the paint a different appearance such as pearl, gloss, matt etc.

stiv121 · 18 May 2010 at 16:29

Now that ive 1 3 5 rapped up can anyone help me out with 1 and 4?.

ricky · 18 May 2010 at 19:03

Might be an idea to look into powdercoating the case instead of spraying it,get a really longlasting finish..
Or just buy a black case?

NAM_killer · 18 May 2010 at 19:35

1x 480 and 1x 240 would be ideal and as for what pump you should use, the mcp655 would happily cope with that

stiv121 · 18 May 2010 at 20:12

ricky said:
Might be an idea to look into powdercoating the case instead of spraying it,get a really longlasting finish..
Or just buy a black case?

How much would powdercoating cost? and i dont know if the back TJ07 comes with just the bare insides and its £50 extra.